Practice areas
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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Harcus Parker Employment acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Mar 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 611 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The power under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 to revoke or vary an order is not an alternative appeal route. Once a court has finally disposed of a claim or…
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23 |
| 27 Jun 2019 |
[2019] UKPC 30 · Privy Council
Ostensible authority requires a representation by the principal, made by someone with relevant actual authority, and reasonable reliance by the contracting…
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10 |
| 23 Apr 2018 |
[2018] UKPC 7 · Privy Council
A trustee of a Jersey trust may incur liability in a separate fiduciary capacity where the counterparty knows that the trustee acts as trustee. Under article…
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10 |
| 14 Nov 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 1466 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A Quistclose trust requires an objectively ascertained arrangement that money is not at the recipient’s free disposal, but is retained beneficially for the…
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10 |
| 12 Nov 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 3220 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Directors owe fiduciary duties to the company, not ordinarily to its shareholders. A fiduciary duty to shareholders arises only where the facts establish a…
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9 |
| 14 Jul 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1870 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Costs ordinarily follow overall success. Success on an individual issue does not justify an issue-based costs order unless an objective consideration, grounded…
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8 |
| 9 Feb 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 190 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A Quistclose trust arises where money is not intended to be at the recipient’s free disposal and is to be used exclusively for a sufficiently certain purpose.…
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6 |
| 15 Nov 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 3096 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Directors’ general duties are owed to the company, not individually to its shareholders. A director is not liable merely because a commercial judgment later…
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6 |
| 22 Jul 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 2681 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A company generally cannot assert legal professional privilege against its shareholders for legal advice obtained in administering the company’s affairs and…
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5 |
| 29 Jul 2019 |
[2019] UKPC 36 · Privy Council
A redemption price crystallises as a debt on the redemption day where the articles so provide. A later period for remittance is supplementary and does not…
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5 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 580 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a stage 2 equal-value hearing under the Equality Act 2010, “work” is the work required by the wage/work bargain. The analysis is not confined to a worker’s…
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| 14 Jul 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1870 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Costs ordinarily follow overall success. Success on an individual issue does not justify an issue-based costs order unless an objective consideration, grounded…
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8 |
| 15 Nov 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 3096 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Directors’ general duties are owed to the company, not individually to its shareholders. A director is not liable merely because a commercial judgment later…
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6 |
| 29 Jul 2019 |
[2019] UKPC 36 · Privy Council
A redemption price crystallises as a debt on the redemption day where the articles so provide. A later period for remittance is supplementary and does not…
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5 |
| 27 Jun 2019 |
[2019] UKPC 30 · Privy Council
Ostensible authority requires a representation by the principal, made by someone with relevant actual authority, and reasonable reliance by the contracting…
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10 |
| 23 Apr 2018 |
[2018] UKPC 7 · Privy Council
A trustee of a Jersey trust may incur liability in a separate fiduciary capacity where the counterparty knows that the trustee acts as trustee. Under article…
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10 |
| 18 Dec 2017 |
[2017] UKPC 43 · Privy Council
A company’s alteration of its articles is valid if made in good faith in the interests of the company. The shareholders, rather than the court, decide whether…
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| 4 Dec 2017 |
[2017] UKPC 38 · Privy Council
An appellate court should ordinarily respect concurrent findings of fact, given the trial judge’s advantage in assessing witnesses. That restraint does not…
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1 |
| 20 Nov 2017 |
[2017] UKPC 35 · Privy Council
A deed cannot be delivered in escrow on a condition that the grantee will later come into existence. Delivery of an escrow creates binding obligations…
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| 8 May 2017 |
[2017] UKPC 10 · Privy Council
In a contractors all risks policy, coverage of “Contract Works” ordinarily extends to the permanent and temporary works described in the building contract, not…
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1 |
| 27 Mar 2017 |
[2017] UKPC 7 · Privy Council
A knowing recipient of property transferred in breach of fiduciary duty may be personally liable to account as if a trustee. That liability is distinct from a…
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1 |
| 13 Feb 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 177 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Non-party disclosure is available where documents may well support the applicant’s case or adversely affect another party’s case; the applicant need not show…
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3 |
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Harcus Parker Employment is named as solicitors, counted under the firm's current name. The figures are minimums: not every judgment names the solicitors, and a judgment is counted only when we are confident who acted. The selection of cases listed here is limited, and does not include family, criminal or anonymised cases. Firm details include data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. zoomLaw is independent and not connected with Harcus Parker Employment. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.